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Rob Ford selling crack scandal memorabilia on eBay

Now you can own the NFL tie Rob Ford was wearing when he admitted he had smoked crack cocaine. Ford put the tie up on eBay on Wednesday as he continues to sell off memorabilia from his embattled mayoral reign. New items also added on Wednesday include a Roughriders jersey, his pajama pants that he was photographed wearing in WalMart and the "Keep Calm and Carry On" sign that once was on display in the mayor's office reception area. (Photo: eBay)

Along with the tie, Ford is also auctioning off the pants he was photographed in while shopping at Wal-Mart, the “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster that he displayed in the mayor’s office reception area and a personalized Saskatchewan Roughriders jersey.

The ex-mayor — who continues to receive cancer treatment — started selling items on eBay earlier this month and is donating 10% of the proceeds from the sales to cancer research.

Bidding was already up to $1,425 by 10 p.m.

The eBay write-up for the tie posted by Ford makes no mention that he wore it on Nov. 5, 2013 — the day, after months of refusing to answer questions, he told reporters at City Hall he did smoke crack.

“You are bidding on an original piece of memorabilia from former Toronto Mayor, and current Toronto Councillor Rob Ford,” says the posting.

“This vintage football tie features logos from NFL teams past and present.

“Once again, this is the original piece, not a reproduction — there is only one of these in existence.”

It goes on to note that the tie — which Ford will ship to a buyer in Canada or the U.S. — comes with “a signed, original, Certificate of Authenticity from Councillor Rob Ford himself.”